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1 T A T ' PORTLAND. r;:r:c..,- cctoder 5. 1913. .ijiiui V I . 1 ,7 , .. 1 i , I ' ,' . I jr . The Little Glands That Emotions Poison, Spoiling Your Face, Form and Skin TIC OREGON SUNDAY ' yj,7r 7 . ;.-1 ' Eialse Yoe mm - - - n - it i. a r , yERY recent discoveries ol the activities csi uses A of certain little glands in the body sliow how 1 - Y the body and mind are injuriously alfscted when the functions of tn:rad3TiTendi3Turtied.Ttr i t'rs ' ! -and secretin bodies are the thyroid, the &'r;-&!j, Ca ; pancreas, the pituitary body in the brala and caa cr wo other secreting bodies. y. ; . yj. That distressing disease known 'as goitre la due to "the drying up or disturbance of the thyroid gland, situated around Adam's apple. ' . Any prolonged Interference: with the thyre'.l 't-aal through emotions causes a very troublesome nervous ';" VT SaiiIam en( miv An if f n ' lKnuv V' A su-MaII 9 fhe . , SJIBV1UD1 v.' HUH . 44ACr uu ; wwyj uvviiVU .-. "' pituitary body may cause paralysis of the : intestine! , - or kidney disease. Violent anger can cause such a diss. ' turbance, In fact, a vast array of diseases Is now , known to follow disturbance or affections of these :se , A cretins' glands. . '. The great Importance of these, discoveries .lies tor ' IVt a that If ' la nnworfnl amntlnna innf 'nnnii. ' : trolled outbursts, of temper and intense Jealousy which . directly affect' these internal bodies and glands. If any. times we can trace serious mental troubles and s ner- -: Toua dlstnrbancesiotlieseaus.eav,- ' ' l , "he became Insanely Jealous," you often near said f a glr who hadto be taken to an institution. True, but not in the way we have formerly thought. That is, it was not the insanity due to Intense Jealousy and" the emotions following, but the effect of this temper .. and emotion upon the secreting gland which caused it , to cease its daily work and so interfere with the health of the brain. . " , ' What's the difference? many will as. - Just this: It shows us how rigidly we must control ' our strong emotions end temper so as not to affect these secreting glands, for if we do this then Uiere can fce no mental disturbance. - . " ' Tiers 13 another very important fact to remember abo'ut controlllns the'emotiQns and temper, and this is "tiat if they are not controlled they will in time show upon the face, la the form of a poor complexion, and xlve ycu avolca that i3 harsh, taBpIng and repelling. More and more we are commencing to realize the powerful influence psychical conditions exert upon out lives. These psychic influences, emotions, thoughts, lnv , pulses, controlled and uncontrolled outbursts of tem per, directly exert their powers for good or evil upon the health eel appearance of the Individual When a. person "gets mad," shouts, lets the tonguo pit and fire with accusations and suspicions, ' wants " t : to striae and sometimes kiUi 'we , have a temporary ta sanity. The emotions ' haveotn away with Judgment, . sense and decency'. The face becomes livid, the lips blue, the heart ptops its regularity, and the hands and fingers become cold. Keep ap this state of affairs by Repeated attacks of loss of self-control, and the mind "and bddy are certain to be affected. ; Why? Because this anger brings on tension of all ' the muscles Internal and external'' All the blood res sels 'are contracted. They are put In the same dan-.1 gerous state they would be In if yon tied them by a . ( thread orstting.-Thls la the reason you turn pale,' have " Diagram 6howlng the Pituitary Body and the Thyroid Gland, Which Are Essentia; to Control or Temp When Person' Gives Way to lrr tlonal Temper : the Gland Seore . tlons Are Inhibited and Dlstor , tlon 6f the Face Results. blue Hps, cold extremities. Ton interfere, with circular, tlon, and this is always dangerous. This Is the cause ; of sudden deaths in those old enough to have hardened arteries, but not old enough to know now to control ' their temper. Anger, frenzy, send through, the shocked nervous sys-. ,' tern Impulses to the glands I have mentioned. . These either pour out too much secreting substances, thus , temporarily poisoning the body, and brain, or prevent any secretion, 4 " . ! ' ; " The ; freauent loss t , self-controU causing paleness .-. and blue llpn, will end In s muddy complexion and . mottled skin. The finger nails will lose their pink of ; good health; the neck end bust their plumpness. The outburst of temper so powerful that the Jndl- ridual loses an iense of what he is , doing, the youtn Who strikes to kill the girl who bites and -cratches, ffr T'ytT1', f '"Py "P" tha thousanda of tiny tubes In the glands and out poor valuable sub stances meant to provide for continuous good nervous, : and mental health. , r These fits of ungovernable temper cause a sudden change in the character of the blood, and this is m dangerous state if freqiieatly repeated. The bite of a human being under normal conditions is hot poisonous that is, the sallvfti Is liarmless. , But i bite from , the ' anger-mad man Is very poisonous. The saliva has sud denly been made poisonous. These being scientlflo facts, cannot yon see that the brain, the nervous system, will become poisoned tn time U yon do not enrly In life learn to control temper and emotions? Because .they do not learn to do this la the reason so many merge from ill-tempered children through savage youth to murderous states of freniy, and finally Insanity. ' ' It Is not, essentially, a moral question, the learnlna; , to control temper and anger, but purely a physical and , medical one. Morality and good health are 10 closely ; bound together that I do sot believe they can exist separately. It is not sufficient to tell a girl that If she does not want &- bad complexion and flabby bosom she muat learn to control herself in every way emotions, temper,. Impulses,' Jealous thoughts. , ' - The.', good physician who is trying to help her wll further state that outbursts of rage are repulsive; cause 1 loss of good friends, prevent making valuable acquaintances. Flashes of undue temper, spiteful and. ugly words are Invariably signs of HI breeding. If a. girl grows up with complete lack of self-control, she, Is physically unfit to battle with life, morally tin stable, socially an outcast Now yon see how health and morals complement eacK .efher. . ,,! i'',,;vV'i'.'V"',' Certainly a strong temper, a self-respect whloh will not allow or insmt ana injustice,, is one 01 xne no we qualities of man andwoman. The dignified control oT a temper which, resents any Interference with personal - rights is ft . factor -which makes' for bodily health, strength and 'mental power. ' , This selteontrol keeps - the blood and Juices of the body properly balanced, gives Just the right tension and stimulation.', This c6ndlUon makes yos ' feel so self-contented when yon bave been under perfect self control, yet have' relieved your. mind , by strong words carefully considered. " By dignified elfdefenB where you protect your rights yet suppress your anger, you strengthen both brain and tissues of the body. Without strong temper , under perfect control yon lose your will power. Without will power we can ac complish but little In world where man progresses through will force." With s .good, strong will power wa can accomplish . wonders,2 conquer . HI health, obtain mental force, be happy and make others happy, 1 And do you know the' great, big exercise which, de deldps WILL POWER? ' . . CONTROL OF TOTJR TEMPER. , Row; BeingBOMESTliGAtEP: Made . MMa . DIFFERENT Anii Z r ft tal tnrlBBKB Is ft frequent mistake made by I many people when they compare the J conditions of civilization with the con ditions of savage Jlfe. As ft tnatter of fact 'it is easier to understapd modern conditions of human life by- comparing man to the. t 'domestlbated animals. iThe changes " that -bave come ftbout fts 'ft result pt civilization , are Tory largely the outcome of environment; . ' end such environment has been of the same general sort "a has caused changes In .the ' animals ' -which have been, domesticated. Civilized man-' baS, diverged almost s: tar, from savage man as the collie and the dacha ; hund bare dlTerged from Its wolf-like sncestor. The principal factor In; ctTlllzed life is mM as . claw , ikat . the " wMaksitlai tsaiV ' --,. '' M A .Si . : animal, namely, mat a regular suppiy 01 iwu la assured. It Is this which has made so . .'great a. difference in the tamed flesh-eating '- animals, such as cat and dog, whose food in wild life Is secured irregularly end with dlf- Acuity, and whichlhas -made JM difference " in the grasSHeaUng asimals, such : s 'horse . and cow, whose food supply has changed only It little. "But In U; cases there are marked - bone differences, 'and even without consider t lng specially adapted forms it is Immediately seen that In 'wild animals the : bones are smauer out more . soua, in wmgiuciwu : animals the bones are ' larger but of not so "dense n .structure. In the same way, the ' . bones of the white race! are considerably loss dense that those of savage races, aid; even when a cQmparlson is made of the, negro,' the bona is far densef than is 'the case in the white man.'" ' r . ' ' "Digestive' conditions hare changed greatly, .and it is largely; is this regard that man parallels the domestication .of - the ftnlmal.' ' The stomach has ' become far smaller .In civilized. ' than In savage man. Just' as the stomach of the.' dog Is smaller, than that of the wolf. ; The intestines in man are shorten. . lng up all : the time. ' and to such An extend for example, that the vermiform appendix la no longer of service, but has become blind pouch. , Civilized tnan cannot endure physical fatigue In the seme manner, as the .saTage,. &pr can. the dog run for ten or twelve hours' tirelessly as can the wolf, but In' both cases the senses have, become store acute and a high degree of response Is obeerred. This,' as Is evident; entails marked changes both of the tnscular and nervous systems. Even the breathing apparatus In, man, has changed and. health is kept up with less oxidation of the blood and consequently, irlth; a 'diminished lung power, , so that. In proportion to size, the lung capacity of the civilized- man Is far less than the savage.. V i ' ' Domestication, therefore. Is Just as truly eondlon of man at the present time as it is of the pets with which he surrounds him-' self. ; The only difference is that he domes ticates himself. Unlike Kipling's ?Cat Thst Walked 'Alone," : man can no longer go out Into the wild wet woods welkin? by his wild lone.. He has become ft member of ft community and is forced to abide by its' rules as ft tamed creature. Man Is a domesticated animal ' Your APE ANCESTORS Make ;" ;; You HltiE Your HEAD in D -: By William Lee Howard, IX D. .. "CHILDREN and often adults will, opon get- ; f "; ting Into bed, duck their, heads under N- the coverings end remain quiet for some -time.. , , - , ":, . ,J ' This is not a form of playnor ft sign of fear. R Is Instinctive in man a trait left ns from the ' time our ancestors-lived In theirs tree beds, i The .ourang-outans; et Borneo and' the gorulft' of Africa to-day Ao the same thing -when they J curl up to sleep. They hftre ft.pilenpon which h they place their heads, regardless of the other parts .of their bodies.-' Sometimes they reach up and pull down, the thick-leaved branches. . It Is npt done for -warmth but probably .with the ostrich-like Idea, that the head once oov ered so they cannot secthey'belleTe'thetr,, enemies ftre also kept from seeing the sleep rngjdrms. ' Birds, aiso, sleep with their heads ' hidden - entirely-. out 'of sight under their feathers. '",',' 'Whatever is the reason, the point Is thatw still tetaln in ' our early mental life this a , cestral trait', ,'; , .; , u,:, , .But this a by no means all "we can witness of this tree-living end tree-climbing life which , still persists In spite of the tremendous evolu tionary strides of mnnkind. Even children -who ire naturally timid delight In tree climbing. Et en , as babies we enjoy fcllmblng the stairs" et ft time when 'walking Is impossible, reaching' out ' In half-standing position to grasp something Just above us. Boys and even girls enjoy their platforms built high up tn trees, and what boy has not begged to be allowed to sleep at night en the tree houses or platforms? With yells ., HATCHING Chickens from : ; ; ;i:'C'-';h'l:i::l':'' D of delight such' boys will perilously climb from limb to limb, tree to tree..' ' It Is born In him and shouldnot be discour aged. This climbing ambition is a safety valve - to his bubbling impulsetV- His hairy ancestors . lived and. worked among the trees. To climb to heights end look down Is Instinctive In man and will probably last for many, many future generations. ',' . t " All Imitations of the young follow one line; the playful reproduction of former existence. Among the lesser civilized peoples . It is av part "of their; life. ! : They hftre entrances to tnelr houses ttpon the roofs which are reached by ladders. ' These are drawn up at night as .measure of .tf:i;im.'-''p ''-?;r- i.It Is all so true these old old Instincts- ' that ; we commonly describe mimicry tn the children as "aping." It Is usual to speak of monkeys as mimicking man, but If we carefully study the play and Instincts of the boy we shall dlscQver that heTeally "apes the monkey . The . staple-verb to-Spe, hints at our one time existence among- the tree tops. Another little fact: Man is he only animal which has to be taught to swim.- fie Is the only animal naturally timid la tree climbing. Even by the most determined efforts' soms men and ' women cannot overcome this Inborn fear. It Is well known that ell apes fear water and never swim. They Trill go miles around stream, even ft small creek, rather than cross It. While a c,at hates water. It will swim to , save Its life. A big ape will drown with fright -and Inability to hold Itself up in the quietest of waters. - h . , H. STEWART PATON, biologist at - Thus the experimenter has in his glass aisn Princeton University, has found out 7 an embryo chicken which Is alive, supplied how to take ft hen's egg out of the shell with the food it wants by the egg material,- ' ...... . a. . M a a. . t A A At and make it develop arunciauy. - . - , c ' For this purpose he uses ft sterilized sola tlon of water containing ? per cent of.com mon' salt, to which !ft little calcium chloride and potassium chloride are'ftdded.. With this t he fills a glass dish, j-fhen he' takes &n egg. wipes It off with ft sterlUzed rsg saturated with pure alcohol (so as to make It germ free), and, with theld of ft forceps (likewise sterilized), opens the egg In such ft way that the cut edge shall be smooth., ,. . . Then the contents of the egg are allowed ., to slide gently : Into the diah, , whereupon It quickly rights Itself,' so that the embryo of the future chick Is on top. The egg thus treated Is taken from an ordinary Incubator . after undergoing about twenty-six hours of vtacubation.:,'' ""'':.''.v When this process Is carefully performed It Is accomplished without Injury to the embry ." ' or the surrounding egg material. , But it Is Important that the solution shall be of the same temperature as the egg. Even It there be a slight difference in temperature, It Is fatal 0 the success of the experiment The dish containing the fluid and the egg is . thereupon covered with a glass lid, .which rests upon ft cotton collar the latter Teing - held In place by ft string. The cotton allows free access of air, while shutting out germs. protected against germs,-kept at exactly the normal . temperature and provided with the oxygen It requires, t , , - ' ' , The dish Is put Into the Incubator, and while ;the embryo continuea to develop. It can be ' watched through the cover of the' dish. In a . word, the chicken can be 'seen starting to ' grow The first movements of Its heart -ftre observable, as well as many1 other Interesting phenomena. 4 ' ' .""" . Quite possibly by and by Dr. Paton may be . able to raise ft chick by this method to ft' point where It will be ready to step up on the edge of the dish, walk out and pick up Its own food. , But he has not got that far yet v; ' ,r - This discovery is likely to be of treat' value in Increasing the supply of chickens for com mercial purposes and reducing the cost of s living At present hens are very unreliable at the work of hatching out chickens from their eggs, and even when Incubators are used the number of eggs lost Is very large. , : 1 ) If there were some method by which we could be sure of having ft chicken from every fertilized egg the present supply of chickens ., would be doubled, . The country consumes nearly twenty million chickens a day, and the cost of them ranges from twenty-five to ' sixty cents apiece. A gain of about $1,000,000 ' a day In food supplies will beeffected when the new remedy is perfected. . ' Whya. VOMAN Caii 'OUTTALK a MAN You Can GROW GLASS :,l.:---:ln;Youp1?,ACE-;''''., A L1TTLH boy, whom I H11 can Arthur Lovejoy, complained some f time ftgo of "glass growing in his face." He had consulted ; few family-physicians, all of whom were Tery much puzzled by his trouble,' but unable to achieve anything In the way of a successful remedy. Finally, after he had been treated by numerous excellent doo tors, he was recommended to consult me by Dr. Hugh Randolph Potter, Arthur was then ten years old. ; Upon, examining the little fellow It was discovered that ft most curious condition existed, ftaread broad-winired across his cheeks and noaa wan butterfly-shaped are peppered with .what superficially appeared to be little sebaceous glands or ordinary pimples and blackheads. In fact, many alert but quick-glancing medical men had taken this akin trouble of Arthur's to be only a resistant stubborn variety of acnethe chronlo eruption that appears on the faces of many young persons. ' .Luckily, ft painstaking search of the face this time proved that each so-called acne pustule, Instead of containing matter and an lnflamma- farv mf-rtnrn f mrma nd tiiAl linlif wlth!n It atHv a nr rnlnntn. a.1. most Invisible, crystal that closely resembled a diamond. , As ft matter of fast, Arthur Lovejoys face contained nothing as rain able as diamonds, yet the clear-cut crystals that were spread-eagled across his nose and cheeks, In separated pimples, were equally as strange and puzzling to the medical world as they would have been had they actually turned out to be of untold value. The bits of crystaUIzable and sparkling; things found concealed In the pretty, patient's skin were examined by the X-rays and by chemical analysis. They proved to be fragments of glass. That la to say, they contained sodium silicate la crystal form, which, as is well known. Is the chemical substance of glass. Fortunately, his troubles were cured. . When it is remembered that many plants such as diatoms, sugar cane, and certain weeds, as well as many of the lower types of animal life, such as sponges, make during their normal growth, crystals of silica or glass. It should not after all, be so startling to find that the human skin under certain pathological conditions might has restored to It the power of producing bits of glass. Just as the ancestral forms did. It Is; after alL only ft state of Affairs called by high-browed biologists "atavism. Atavism means merely ft return to the primeval ancestral condition. Thus, when a The Woman Cam Out talk the Man 'for the ; Same Reason , That - the Small Neck Bot tle Will pour Longer Than the One with ' the Urge Neck. A WpMAN can tajk longer than a man. and does so because she usee up less ; m'' ,' at . A a. .... it. r , iorce oy n large percenuige una u man does. A German professor has proved by . actual and very delicate measurements) : that the baritone slnzer uses far more energy l than the tenor and that the bass singer uses more force than either. The range of voices differs greatly, so the percentage varies to the same'extent but iis general' result It was proved that the tenor usee only from one 'seventh to one-sixteenth of the lung power of' the baritone or bass. The difference between the force used by the contralto and the so prano la quite as marked, and the contralto who sings In very deep .tones uses at least ten times the force of the trilling soprano. ' ' The explanation is so simple that It is sur -prising that the Investigation was not made (A) The Urge Neck , Bottle and the Man's ' , tung. (B) The Neck of the Bottle and the ' Comparatively Large Necked Man. On Left ' (B) the Small Neck . .Woman and Bottle. long ftgo. It has long been known that the tenor or soprano brings the vocal cords close, together and keeps the edges only vibrating by the emission of air. The bass or contralto leaves the space between the cords wider open, and : has to vibrate very much more of the membranes so ft considerably larger amount of air is required and much more force Is expended. .; ' , 1 Ton may have fre auently noticed that those persons with high, squeaky voices seem to i be very loquacious they never stop talking; and the reason is now plain they can talk with far. less effort than those .- who take ft deeper tone' and have to use more : ftlr to utter their wordsv; i, f. : : ' i Here lies the real explanation of the ease with which a woman can .' out-talk a : man. She has 'the adrantage of .using from one seventh to one-sixteenth less lung power, and even thougn her lungs may be smaller In Tolum the difference Is never so great as that between the amount of air required. ; What chance, then, would mere man have in debate with woman when at last she receives - the suffrage? ; The clocks In legislative halls, would have to be put back so far that they would never keep time at all. ' 1 Woman possesses the further advantage of being able to make a more' penetrating sound with ft smaller use of power than, the man. The smaller calibre of the woman's throat ' combined with the higher rate of vibration of the vocal chords, yields ft voice that - is twice as easily audible as the man's when produced by the same amount of effort.- Most people who have listened to the voices of , men : and women : over, the telephone will agree with this. civilized man partakes of the brutal Instincts or habits of ' savages and gorillas, he Is said .to be '-'atavistic- ,;V Ktne the new disease which hat appeared un der the sun Is really eta ' vistio " In ' the sense of 'sponges and diatoms be ing predecessors of the , shrew, - the monkey and man." ; .The new malady r has been aptly named the tDlseaso of the Phlloso- ijpber'a gtone. which Is a sly dig by the practical, . experlmentftl sclentino physician at the cloij t e r e d philosopher who ' tried to dream out truth . Instead of seeking It with his muscles, eyes and ears. The case Is very rare and curious one. BEET JUICE fdrvXONG LIFE O NB of the most Interesting discoveries of recent research .by the Japs Is the value of the red garden beet The Japanese love the beet end declare U con tains that which will produce long life In the human race. . They tell us the beet Is full of Iron and becomes ft syrup. This Is taken In C ranging from a small wine glass to one! a pint two or three times a day, uaua'.Iy t -fore the person eats a good meal. This Is pronounced by some of the t physicians as one of the most eUactu: t that can be taken. Large doses such as a fcalf plat at a t' other substances whlch'wlll act on the human - Is declared by the Japanese to a i Copyright Itl by the fitar Company. Great Britain TUgbts Xtestrvcd. system when administered as a tonic. The beets are cut up and boiled for several hours, when they are removed from the water, and tirin the liquor la boiled down until it a a a a m . . . lauve ana a cure ior Eravei or : 1 and bladder. It should ba ta!:ra 1. i is certain, wLlch li sail to c: 5 li --ys, -